The simplicity of light is revolutionising the measurement of soil health

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has proclaimed 2015 as both the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015) and the International Year of Soils (IYS). The UN has also recognized December 5th, 2014 as World Soil Day.

In celebration of these important events, the Soil-Plant Spectral Diagnostics Laboratory of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya, would like to tell you about how the simplicity of light is being used to revolutionise the measurement of soil health…